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Case study · MSHA Record #220161580025

Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver fatality

June 3, 2016 at 11:25 AM
Harmony Mine & Mill · Green Brothers Gravel Company Inc · Copiah County, MS
Investigator narrative
A haul unit was being loaded by a track hoe and a slush pond dam broke and the slush came down on top of them burying them.
Record details
Classification
INUNDATION
Accident type
Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Activity at time
Haulage Or Dump Truck
Subunit / location
STRIP, QUARY, OPEN PIT
Underground location
NO VALUE FOUND
Mining method
NO VALUE FOUND
Source of injury
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected
BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience
0 years
Experience at this mine
0 years
Experience in this job
0 years
Mine type
Surface
Sector
Metal/Non-Metal
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